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Originally Posted by GeeTwo
Why was this piece made with the large flange? It appears to me that you could have used a smaller piece of stock and put all three holes inside the depression. With the belly pan installed, the large flange does not seem to be necessary to provide right-angle rigidity.
Also, when we used threaded rod to provide tension on a project a couple of years ago, we found it neater to use two bolts, two threaded coupling nuts, and a length of threaded rod a few inches shorter than the run, all of the same thread/pitch. This is less likely to snag on other parts, as there are no protruding bolt ends, just a hex head or socket cap.
Edit: This solution would obviously not work on your three-roll-pins-plus-rod method, but should do well with the rod running down the middle like this.
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The reason we have long edge is because there is a slot extruded out of it to fit into a slot cut out on the box channel. It was a little excessive, but we wanted it for alignment.
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